Remembering Philip K. Deaver

Writer and poet Philip F. Deaver passed away last month at a hospice in Orlando, Florida. He was seventy-one years old.

Deaver was the author of How Men Pray and Silent Retreats and winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction. He was writer-in-residence and associate professor of English at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida.

Todd Starkweather of American Book Review wrote that the book had “insightful observations about a sport that has a richer literary tradition than any other sport in the US. . . . The entries’ ability to remain fresh and entertaining speaks well of their quality and Deaver’s discernment.”